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The pension system picked up secondaries stakes in Industry Ventures, Paine Schwartz and Eureka Equity funds.

The sovereign wealth fund is also exploring options for an in-state private equity programme, as PE continues to be a top performing asset class.

The move follows ODDO’s April acquisition of ACG Capital, the €1.8bn fund of funds and secondaries arm of ACG Group.

The preferred equity firm, headed by former CPPIB secondaries head Yann Robard, launched its Fund II in January.

The preferred equity specialist has raised $836m since launching in January, more than twice the total raised for its debut fund.

The firm is improving its ability to execute opportunistic secondaries transactions, Secondaries Investor understands.

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